February 01, 2011 (Utah Pulse.com) - By national standards they are young and they are smart. They are the individuals that make up Utahs workforce. They are also Utahs greatest strength and most competitive advantage in terms of economic development.
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January 28, 2011 (Deseret News) - Every chair in the seventh grade science classroom has a student — 32 in all sit side by side at the black lab tables, learning about cell cycles.\r\n \r\n Half of the students are on computers, while the other half are looking through microscopes. On days when all students in the integrated science class are present, another student would have his desk in the back of the classroom, along a table with a bug exhibit.
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January 23, 2011 (ksl.com) - If the 2011 Session of the Utah Legislature is typical, members will divide their labor by some percentage between the business of making sure our government is working, and making sure the world is aware of exactly where certain lawmakers stand on any number of hot-button issues.
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January 23, 2011 (Deseret News) - The tendency to devote time to so-called message bills is too great a tradition to expect this or any Legislature to bypass. And interestingly, a recent poll of Utahns shows the citizens themselves are not opposed to having messages on some issues sent from Utahs Capitol Hill, directly to Washington.
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January 20, 2011 (Utah Pulse.com) - Economists are optimistic about Utah’s economic future and they believe Utah is in a unique position as the nation begins to emerge from the Great Recession.
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January 11, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - It’s not the kind of report card you would post on the refrigerator door.\r\n \r\n Utah ranks 41st in the nation for education performance and policy, according to Education Weeks annual Quality Counts report released Tuesday, down from a ranking of 38th the previous year. The report gave Utah an overall grade of C-minus, slightly lower than the national grade of C.
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January 11, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah business leaders who gathered Tuesday to formally launch an initiative to boost Utah education are calling it one of the most important announcements the business community has made in many years.
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January 09, 2011 (Deseret News) - It was just another immigration rally on Capitol Hill: about 80 people on both sides of the issue glared at one another from behind signs made from poster board and yardsticks. But before Rep. Stephen Sandstrom could finish, a twenty-something Latina in the back was spouting off snarky comments and the Utah Minutemen were going red in the face. By the time the microphones were turned off, the Utah Highway Patrol had to step in … Continued
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December 29, 2010 (ksl.com) - 2010 was a tumultuous year for education. Budget cuts forced educators to teach more students with less money; and for the first time, research showed the strain of growth and funding may finally be taking its toll.
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December 15, 2010 (Deseret News) - The State Board of Education believes Utah needs more money to handle its ever-growing population of public school students. We agree, although there is room to quibble over exact dollar amounts.
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December 06, 2010 (Utah Policy.com) - The Utah Foundation has posted a research report on the economic impact of the Intermountain Power Project, concluding that the contribution IPP is projected to make to the state, both today and through 2026, makes it an important mainstay in the economy.
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November 12, 2010 (Deseret News) - Former Gov. Olene Walker gets tears in her eyes when she talks about one of her great-grandsons being placed in a kindergarten class with 35 other children. The experience makes her wonder if Utah really is making education a priority.
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November 11, 2010 (ksl.com) - Former Utah Governor Olene Walker is taking a stand for public education and wants Utahns to worry as much as she is about the path the system is on. Walker is calling for major changes in the face of serious funding challenges, and she knows all too well it\’s an uphill battle.
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October 27, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - For weeks, educators, parents and policymakers have been buzzing about a report that showed Utah schools do not stack up well against those in demographically similar states. On Tuesday, a panel of Utah education leaders discussed the report and offered possible strategies for improvement.
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October 27, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - A group of prominent Utahns is calling for more education funding and innovation in light of a recent report that shows Utah is falling behind other states academically.
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October 27, 2010 (Mid-Utah Radio.com) - School test results in Utah definitively confirm Utah students can perform better according to research conducted by the Utah Foundation. Now, the matter at hand is finding out how the states education can be improved while the only holdup at this stage is a shortage of money.
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October 26, 2010 (ksl.com) - Results of school tests speak clearly: Utah students can do better. That is according to research from the Utah Foundation. The question now is how do we go about improving the states education system?
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October 26, 2010 (Deseret News) - Utahs school testing scores have dropped over the past 20 years, according to the Utah Foundation using National Assessment of Educational Progress standards.
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October 24, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - As a retired educator and member of the Utah Education Association, I question the associations idea of trying to play it safe by endorsing both candidates for governor because it allows Gov. Gary Herberts campaign to portray him as a friend of education…
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October 20, 2010 (Cache Valley Daily) - Republican Governor Gary Herbert and his Democratic Challenger Peter Corroon squared off Tuesday night in their last planned debate prior to the November 2 election. Once again Corroon focused on education, saying Herbert believed education should be funded better when the economy improves.\r\n Corroon says the Utah Foundation recently reported that Utah ranked dead last or next to last in test scores and this situation has to be changed.
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October 20, 2010 (Deseret News) - The final debate Tuesday between GOP Gov. Gary Herbert and his Democratic challenger, Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, covered all the major issues of the campaign.\r\n Most of the questions posed to the candidates focused on education, a priority for voters surveyed for the Utah Priorities Project, an effort to identify key issues in the race involving the Deseret News, KSL-TV, the Utah Foundation and the U.\’s Hinckley Institute of Politics.
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October 19, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - According to a recent Utah Foundation report, Utah students most often rank last on the National Assessment of Educational Progress when compared with only states with similar ethnic makeups, parental education levels and poverty rates.
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October 11, 2010 (ksl.com) - There is new cause to worry about the state of education in Utah. Indeed, the latest study by the respected Utah Foundation suggests the trajectory of the states education system is not moving in a positive direction.
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October 09, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Right now Utah’s investment in its youth is meager, and, although teachers are working hard, the lack of resources is having a negative impact on learning. A Utah Foundation study found that the Beehive State consistently ranks last among similar states in language and math scores.
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October 07, 2010 (The Daily Chronicle) - An extensive survey released this fall reveals the top issues Utah voters consider when choosing a candidate.\r\n \r\n The survey was released by the Utah Foundation, and is sponsored by KSL and the Hinckley Institute. The survey was conducted by Dan Jones and Associates.
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